Man slashed with box cutter in downtown Quincy parking lot

A man was slashed with a box cutter as he made his way to his car in a downtown parking lot during the weekend, Quincy police said.

A man was slashed with a box cutter as he made his way to his car in a downtown parking lot, police said.

Michael Geddes, 47, who is listed as homeless, faces charges he approached a 49-year-old Braintree man in the Hancock parking lot at about 1 a.m. Saturday and demanded money. After the man gave him $2 and said he didn’t have any more, Geddes allegedly stabbed and slashed him on the lower back and legs.

The victim told police that he managed to grab hold of his attacker’s backpack, pull him to the ground and kick him in the head.

The victim’s wounds were stitched at Quincy Medical Center.

Later on Saturday, Quincy police Detective William Monteith gave a description of the attacker to Quincy Medical Center employees who confirmed that a man fitting the description had arrived in the emergency room at about 8 a.m. to have a large wound on his hand stitched.

Monteith talked to the man, Geddes, who said that he had been jumped by three men in Quincy and had then spent the night at a friend’s house. Monteith went to that house and found a knife fitting the description the stabbing victim gave police and Geddes’ blood-soaked clothes and backpack.

Geddes is charged with armed robbery and five counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and was scheduled to be arraigned in Quincy District Court on Monday.